History Music / FoodForTheGods

* CrapsackWorld: Life--all life--is portrayed as a never-ending brutal struggle. Humanity's fate is to careen from one brutal god or ideology to the next, murdering each other en masse. Ultimately, humanity destroys itself to put an end to it all. After a life in this world, your reward is likely to be eternal torment in hell. The best outcome is [[spoiler:for God to destroy the universe and fail to make another one]].

'''Food for the Gods''' is the fourth album by the Californian metal band Music/{{Fireaxe}}, released in 2003. And it is epic. Not epic in the sense that it's really cool, but epic in the [[TheEpic proper sense of the word]]. The full album is 4 hours long, comes on 3 discs, and spans ancient Assyria and their war with Babylon, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ankhenaten's brutally enforced switch to monotheism, and Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua. And that's just disc 1.

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'''Food for the Gods''' is the fourth album by the Californian metal {{Metal}} band Music/{{Fireaxe}}, released in 2003. And it is epic. Not epic in the sense that it's really cool, but epic in the [[TheEpic proper sense of the word]]. The full album is 4 hours long, [[DistinctDoubleAlbum comes on 3 discs, discs]], and spans ancient Assyria and their war with Babylon, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ankhenaten's brutally enforced switch to monotheism, and Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua. And that's just disc 1.

--> ''I live in silence, where no one knows my name''--> ''I live in silence, where no one speaks my name''--> ''I love my silence, I love my peace within the void''--> ''I love my silence, far away from every voice''

--> ''We have been betrayed.''--> ''The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.''--> ''The king feasts while his soldiers keep order.''--> ''The priests pacify and build great churches.''--> ''And tell the rest of us it’s good to suffer.'' * AsTheGoodBookSays: The album draws a lot of inspiration from Holy Scriptures. * TheBerserker: Several characters fit this explanation, including the Black Knight.

--> ''Lay thee down thy weary soul.''--> ''Give to us complete control.''--> ''Upon the alter thy heart and mind.''--> ''A sacrifice of the truest kind.''--> ''Empty vessel you shall be filled.''--> ''With sterile thoughts and happy pills.''--> ''Enter now the veil of sleep.''--> ''Join the flock of human sheep.'' * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Food For The Gods"--> ''This life, this life I'm leading, where does it go, where does it go?''* DistinctDoubleAlbum: This is even a triple album!

* TheEpic: A history of religion spanning three albums.* EpicRocking: Spans three discs, and is just a few minutes under 4 hours long.* EtherealChoir: "Welcome To My Realm" is sung by the devil, and uses an ethereal choir provided ''by the screams of the damned''.

--> ''Two Kings. Two rivals. Fighting for supremacy.''--> ''Each sends into the arena their finest champion.''--> ''Their champion strides towards me, a grizzled veteran, winner of a hundred duels and I only one.''--> ''“Hey kid let’s stop this madness. Are we just high priced slaves?''--> ''Both kings are tyrants. They should fight in our place.”''--> ''“Only your king is a tyrant.”, I answer filled with pride.''--> ''“That is why he will lose. That is why you shall die.”''

* GodIsEvil: He is not a pleasant character on this album. His influence on the world creates numerous wars and atrocities which culminates with Satan leading the demons of hell (and humans who were condemned there) to storming and destroying heaven. There Satan puts it best when Jesus proclaims how he suffered for Humanity's sins.-->''You may have suffered for the sins of man, but I have suffered for the sins of God.''

* NietzscheWannabe: "The Last Man". The narrator laments the nature of man and how all we ever do is suffer. He then uses an unnamed DoomsdayDevice to destroy the entire human race and all life on Earth. [[SerialEscalation Then things start going bad]].

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: The entire third act.* RapePillageAndBurn: "My Name Is Joshua" and "The Servant of Pain".

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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: The entire third act.act. It culminates in Satan leading an army of the demons and damned alike into a war on heaven in which they storm the pearly gates and lay waste to paradise in an attempt to kill God himself. [[spoiler:And it works. [[PyrrhicVictory Sort of]].]]* RapePillageAndBurn: "My Name Is Joshua" and "The Servant of Pain".Pain" features such atrocities.

* RockOperaRockOpera: Every track tells a chapter in the history of humanity and the way our beliefs in various gods shape it. As deities come and go people fight and battle eachother, pay tribute and devote their lives to their glory. The whole thing culminates with a RageAgainstTheHeavens of such epic porportions that no other form of media has ever matched it.

--> "And in the end the lesson was learned,--> The Emperor knew you must suffer to be saved,--> And he set out to save the world."

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--> "And ''And in the end the lesson was learned,learned,''--> The ''The Emperor knew you must suffer to be saved,saved,''--> And ''And he set out to save the world."''* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: The album revolves around one of these being thrown by literally every being in creation that didn't get into heaven.

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* WelcomeToHell: "Welcome To My Realm". Interesting in that it is actually sung by the devil as he is literally welcoming people into Hell. And using the screams of the damned as backup vocals.

Food for the Gods is the fourth album by the Californian metal band Fireaxe, released in 2003. And it is epic. Not epic in the sense that it's really cool, but epic in the [[TheEpic proper sense of the word]]. The full album is 4 hours long, comes on 3 discs, and spans ancient Assyria and their war with Babylon, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ankhenaten's brutally enforced switch to monotheism, and Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua. And that's just disc 1.

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Food '''Food for the Gods Gods''' is the fourth album by the Californian metal band Fireaxe, Music/{{Fireaxe}}, released in 2003. And it is epic. Not epic in the sense that it's really cool, but epic in the [[TheEpic proper sense of the word]]. The full album is 4 hours long, comes on 3 discs, and spans ancient Assyria and their war with Babylon, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ankhenaten's brutally enforced switch to monotheism, and Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua. And that's just disc 1.

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: ''The Soul Doctors''* DoNotGoGentle: It turns out the the revolutionary leader from ''The Servant of Pain'' never actually expected to survive the coup. But he [[SoleSurvivor left behind]] [[ForcedToWatch one hell]] [[RevengeThroughCorruption of a]] [[SinsOfOurFathers legacy]].* DoomsdayDevice: In ''On Earth as it is in Hell'', this finally kills all humanity. Then it gets worse.

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* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: ''The "The Soul Doctors''Doctors".* DoNotGoGentle: It turns out the the revolutionary leader from ''The "The Servant of Pain'' Pain" never actually expected to survive the coup. But he [[SoleSurvivor left behind]] [[ForcedToWatch one hell]] [[RevengeThroughCorruption of a]] [[SinsOfOurFathers legacy]].* DoomsdayDevice: In ''On "On Earth as it is in Hell'', Hell", this finally kills all humanity. Then it gets worse.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Atrocity''* TheFrenchRevolution: Parts of ''Raise the Black Flag''.* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: ''The Soul Doctors'' does this to a tee.* GladiatorGames: ''Guardian of the Realm''.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Atrocity''"Atrocity"* TheFrenchRevolution: Parts of ''Raise "Raise the Black Flag''.Flag".* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: ''The "The Soul Doctors'' Doctors" does this to a tee.* GladiatorGames: ''Guardian "Guardian of the Realm''.Realm".

* GodIsEvil* GriefSong: ''Nefertiti''* TheGrimReaper: A bit of a late arrival, but he shows up about of a third of the way through ''Cold and Dark Infinity''* IAmBecomingSong: ''The Insatiable Dream (The Guardian of the Realm II)''* IAmSong: ''My Name is Joshua'' and ''Tapestry of Pain''.

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* GodIsEvilGodIsEvil: He is not a pleasant character on this album.* GriefSong: ''Nefertiti''"Nefertiti"* TheGrimReaper: A bit of a late arrival, but he shows up about of a third of the way through ''Cold "Cold and Dark Infinity''Infinity"* IAmBecomingSong: ''The "The Insatiable Dream (The Guardian of the Realm II)''II)"* IAmSong: ''My "My Name is Joshua'' Joshua" and ''Tapestry "Tapestry of Pain''.Pain".

* MeaningfulName: Food for the Gods refers to how humanity is ultimately just, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin food for the gods.]] * TheNothingAfterDeath: ''Cold and Dark Infinity'', which is actually sung by {{the nothing after death}}.* OmnicidalManiac: The narrator of ''The Last Man (On Earth as it is in Hell Part III)''.* OneManArmy: ''The Black Knight''

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* MeaningfulName: Food "Food for the Gods Gods" refers to how humanity is ultimately just, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin food for the gods.]] * TheNothingAfterDeath: ''Cold "Cold and Dark Infinity'', Infinity", which is actually sung by {{the nothing after death}}.* OmnicidalManiac: The narrator of ''The "The Last Man (On Earth as it is in Hell Part III)''.III)".* OneManArmy: ''The "The Black Knight''Knight"

* RevengeThroughCorruption: [[spoiler: The end of ''The Servant of Pain is the revolutionary leader promising this.]]* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: In ''The Servant of Pain'', [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] at first seems to be [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]] fighting against {{The Empire}}. [[spoiler: Then you find out [[MoralEventHorizon what they do when they breach the Citadel...]]]]

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* RevengeThroughCorruption: [[spoiler: The end of ''The "The Servant of Pain Pain" is the revolutionary leader promising this.]]* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: In ''The "The Servant of Pain'', Pain", [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] at first seems to be [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]] fighting against {{The Empire}}. [[spoiler: Then you find out [[MoralEventHorizon what they do when they breach the Citadel...]]]]

* RockMeAsmodeus: While the devil sings several tracks, you can't beat ''Welcome to my Realm'', in which he sings about his motivations to the new arrivals in Hell, using ''the screams of the damned'' as his [[EtherealChoir not-so-ethereal choir]].

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* RockMeAsmodeus: While the devil sings several tracks, you can't beat ''Welcome "Welcome to my Realm'', Realm", in which he sings about his motivations to the new arrivals in Hell, using ''the screams of the damned'' as his [[EtherealChoir not-so-ethereal choir]].

* SanitySlippageSong: ''Tapestry of Pain'', ''[[ThePowerOfHate Hatred]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Revenge]] [[BestServedCold and Death]]'', and above all ''River of Madness''.* SelfDestructiveCharge: In ''The Citadel Must Fall'', one soldier scales the wall, and manages to open the gate while [[AnnoyingArrows increasing numbers arrows]] are sticking through him. Eventually he goes down, but [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] capture the city.

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* SanitySlippageSong: ''Tapestry "Tapestry of Pain'', Pain", ''[[ThePowerOfHate Hatred]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Revenge]] [[BestServedCold and Death]]'', and above all ''River "River of Madness''.Madness".* SelfDestructiveCharge: In ''The "The Citadel Must Fall'', Fall", one soldier scales the wall, and manages to open the gate while [[AnnoyingArrows increasing numbers arrows]] are sticking through him. Eventually he goes down, but [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] capture the city.

--> ''"And in the end the lesson was learned'',--> ''The Emperor knew you must suffer to be saved,''--> ''And he set out to save the world."''* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum* TheNothingAfterDeath: Initially subverted, then played straight in the very end with ''Cold and Dark Infinity''.* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans* VillainRecruitmentSong: ''Welcome to my Realm'', depending on whether you consider the devil a villain.* TheVillainSucksSong: ''Welcome to my Realm'', depending on whether you consider God a villain.* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Black Knight, the unnamed narrator of ''The Last Man'' and, by the end of the album, every single being ever sent to Hell.* WorldWreckingWave: Occurs in ''The Sum Of All Fears'' killing [[spoiler:Archangels [[ArchangelMichael Micheal]] and [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]]]]

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--> ''"And "And in the end the lesson was learned'',learned,--> ''The The Emperor knew you must suffer to be saved,''saved,--> ''And And he set out to save the world."''* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum"* TheNothingAfterDeath: Initially subverted, then played straight in the very end with ''Cold "Cold and Dark Infinity''.* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeansInfinity".* VillainRecruitmentSong: ''Welcome "Welcome to my Realm'', Realm", depending on whether you consider the devil a villain.* TheVillainSucksSong: ''Welcome "Welcome to my Realm'', Realm'", depending on whether you consider God a villain.* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Black Knight, the unnamed narrator of ''The "The Last Man'' Man" and, by the end of the album, every single being ever sent to Hell.* WorldWreckingWave: Occurs in ''The "The Sum Of All Fears'' Fears" killing [[spoiler:Archangels [[ArchangelMichael Micheal]] and [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]]]]

Food for the Gods is the fourth album by the Californian metal band Fireaxe. And it is epic. Not epic in the sense that it's really cool, but epic in the [[TheEpic proper sense of the word]]. The full album is 4 hours long, comes on 3 discs, and spans ancient Assyria and their war with Babylon, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ankhenaten's brutally enforced switch to monotheism, and Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua. And that's just disc 1.

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Food for the Gods is the fourth album by the Californian metal band Fireaxe.Fireaxe, released in 2003. And it is epic. Not epic in the sense that it's really cool, but epic in the [[TheEpic proper sense of the word]]. The full album is 4 hours long, comes on 3 discs, and spans ancient Assyria and their war with Babylon, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ankhenaten's brutally enforced switch to monotheism, and Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua. And that's just disc 1.

* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu]]: Ultimately [[spoiler:God is defeated by the devil's army]]. This has the unfortunate side effect of [[spoiler:the complete and utter destruction of all of creation]].

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* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu]]: BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Ultimately [[spoiler:God is defeated by the devil's army]]. This has the unfortunate side effect of [[spoiler:the complete and utter destruction of all of creation]].

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: In ''The Servant of Pain'', [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] at first seems to be [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]] fighting against {{The Empire}}. Then you find out [[MoralEventHorizon what they do when they breach the Citadel...]]

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* RevengeThroughCorruption: [[spoiler: The end of ''The Servant of Pain is the revolutionary leader promising this.]]* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: In ''The Servant of Pain'', [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] at first seems to be [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]] fighting against {{The Empire}}. [[spoiler: Then you find out [[MoralEventHorizon what they do when they breach the Citadel...]]]]]]

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